UnderMiner
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- Minelab Excalibur II, Equinox 800
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
My hunting truck blew its transmission a few months back and I was unable to use it. Good news is I finally managed to get it fixed and now I'm back on the road hunting the streets for treasure.
Tonight I scored this really cool old bike - a 3-speed Rudge, someone threw it in the trash. It is very old and has a unique breaking system that uses rods instead of cables. Never seen anything like it. My research shows it was made in England likely in the 1930's-1940's. The 'Rudge Whitworth Cycles' company, as it was called, competed with the Raleigh Bicycle company from 1894 until Raleigh bought out Rudge in 1943. In 1938 long distance cyclist Billie Fleming used a three-speed Rudge to set the world record for the longest distance ever covered by a bicycle in a year - 29,603.7 miles - a record that still stands to this day.
Overall the bike is in great condition, I was going to ride it but when I went to put air in the tires I realized I couldn't because the bike's valves are incompatible with my air pump. Will have to find an adapter or something. Besides that it can use some paint, but I think I'll leave it just the way it is for now.
Notice the break lines are made of solid metal rods, not cables, very cool.
Tonight I scored this really cool old bike - a 3-speed Rudge, someone threw it in the trash. It is very old and has a unique breaking system that uses rods instead of cables. Never seen anything like it. My research shows it was made in England likely in the 1930's-1940's. The 'Rudge Whitworth Cycles' company, as it was called, competed with the Raleigh Bicycle company from 1894 until Raleigh bought out Rudge in 1943. In 1938 long distance cyclist Billie Fleming used a three-speed Rudge to set the world record for the longest distance ever covered by a bicycle in a year - 29,603.7 miles - a record that still stands to this day.
Overall the bike is in great condition, I was going to ride it but when I went to put air in the tires I realized I couldn't because the bike's valves are incompatible with my air pump. Will have to find an adapter or something. Besides that it can use some paint, but I think I'll leave it just the way it is for now.
Notice the break lines are made of solid metal rods, not cables, very cool.
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